Lectures on the relation between law & public opinion in England during the nineteenth century
By: by A. V. Dicey.
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain -- History.; Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprint of the 2d (1914) ed. published by Macmillan, London.
Table of contents: value: Relation between law and public opinion.; value: Characteristics of law-making opinion in England.; value: Democracy and legislation.; value: The three main currents of public opinion.; value: The period of old Toryism or legislative quiescence.; value: The period of Benthamism or individualism.; value: The growth of collectivism.; value: Period of collectivism.; value: The debt of collectivism to Benthamism.; value: Counter-currents and cross-currents of legislative opinion.; value: Judicial legislation.; value: Relation between legislative opinion and general public opinion.; value: Appendix: 1. The right of association. 2. The Ecclesiastical Commission. 3. University tests. 4. Judge-made law.